Happy Birthday, 'Lad! Love that sig!
I don't know your ancestry, but I hope the spirit of the following fits your spirit, if not your antecedents.
It is said in the outer lands that a young man gets one last choice before women and the English will have their callous way with him. He may choose between whisky, whiskey and ale. Being one-quarter Irish myself, I have but one salutation for all. Raise your glass!